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2. List of bicycle parts - Wikipedia

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   Side view mirror: aids in looking at the sides prior to moving slowly or turning to the left or to the right Skirt guard or coatguard : a device fitted over the rear wheel of a bicycle to prevent a long skirt, coat or other trailing clothes or luggage from catching in the wheel, or in the gap between the rim and the brakes

3. Rear-view mirror - Wikipedia

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   Rear-view mirror showing cars parked behind the vehicle containing the mirror. A rear-view mirror (or rearview mirror) is a, usually flat, mirror in automobiles and other vehicles, designed to allow the driver to see rearward through the vehicle's rear window (rear windshield).

4. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear - Wikipedia

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   It is present because while these mirrors' convexity gives them a useful field of view, it also makes objects appear smaller. Since smaller-appearing objects seem farther away than they actually are, a driver might make a maneuver such as a lane change assuming an adjacent vehicle is a safe distance behind, when in fact it is quite a bit closer ...

5. Side-view mirror - Wikipedia

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   Due to this, early cars had just a single rear-view mirror mounted on the top of the windshield or on top of the dashboard. When side mirrors were introduced to help drivers see overtaking vehicles, most cars only had the driver side mirror as standard equipment. A passenger side mirror was optional on most cars through the 1970s.

6. Elmer Berger (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   Elmer Clinton Adolph Berger (12 August 1891 – 15 July 1952) was an inventor born in St. Louis, Missouri who is credited with the invention of the automotive rear-view mirror in the early 1900s. Although racing enthusiast Ray Harroun experimented with one as early as 1911 while driving in the Indianapolis 500 , it was Elmer Berger who obtained ...

7. Fixed-gear bicycle - Wikipedia

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   Brazil – Brazilian Traffic Law, article 105, subheading VI, says that, for bicycles, "bells, rear, front, sides and pedals signaling, and rear-view mirror on the left" are mandatory. [34] Albeit, nothing is explicitly said about bicycle brakes. Canada – Laws vary by province, and are controlled by highway and traffic acts. [35]